Press for tailors



Oct. 16, 1934. G. PERE 1,977,403

PRESS FOR TAILORS Original Filed April 8, 1932 /9 F5 El M PW INVENTOR ATTORN EYS Patented Oct. 16, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT rEicE PRESS FOR TAILORS Application April 8, 1932, Serial No. 603,953 Renewed March 16, v1934 6 Claims. f

This invention relates to improved presses for tailors, and more particularly to a combined press and boiler in which both the steam from the boiler and the, hot exhaust gases from the boiler are employed for heating the press.

Tailors presses are commonly heated by separate gas red boilers located in the same room with the press. These presses consume a large amount of gas or fuel to generate the necessary steam for operating the press, and the cost oi the -gas yconsumedis a major item in the cost of operation of the press.

The present invention relates to an improved press which can be operated with economy of fuel, and in which the hot gases, after they have been used for generating steamin the boiler, are then usedior heating the press, so that the press is in part heated by steam from the boiler and in part by hot combustion gases from the boiler.

The invention will be further described in connectionA with the accompanying drawing, in which one embodiment of the invention is illustrated and in which Fig. 1 shows in Vertical transverse section, and with parts in elevation, one form of boiler and press embodying the invention; K

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through the bottom member or bed plate of the press;

Fig. 3 isa top view of the bottom member or bed plate, withthe upper plates removed, and with parts in section; and

Fig. 4 shows .a modified construction with the boiler located in thebasement and the press on the floor above.`

Inthe apparatus illustrated, the press comprises the bed plate or base member 1 and the presser head or head"l member 2. VThe head member or press member is mounted on'arms 3 pivoted at 4 and vis adapted to be raised and loweredv by suitable operating mechanism or levers'inot shown), such as are Well known and in themselves form no part ofthe invention. The operating mechanism Will .be such as to lower the head onto the bottom member or bed plate for the pressing operation, and to -raise the head when desired.

The boiler shown conventionally at 5 is heated by gas burners or oil burners shown conventionally at 6. The products of combustion from the burners pass up through the iiues 7 and heat the water in the space 8 surrounding the tubes to generate steam as required by the pressing operation. Suitable automatio regulating devices or valves for regulating the gas or oil fed to the (Cl. 68-9) i burner can be employed, although` these are not shown.

An outlet pipe 9 leads from the steam space of the boiler and is pivotally connected at 4 with the pipe 10 which conveys steam to the head 601 member 2, this supply of steam being regulated in any suitable manner, as by valve 10a, to supply steam to the head as needed. The boiler also has a steam outlet connection l1 with controlling valve therein which leads steam to the base member ofthe press so that it can be discharged through a perforated plate onto the garment or material being pressed. Water is Vsup'- plied to the boiler asv required, through the inlet pipe 12, and the water level in the boiler can be noted by means of the level gauge 13.

The boiler is shown as heavily insulated, and the connections between the boiler and the press, as well as the bottom member of the press itself are also shown as heavily insulated by insulation indicated conventionally at 151.

The outlet ue for the hot gases from the boiler is shown at 15 leading upwardly to the bottom member ofthe press and having a bypass flue 16 for the excess hot gases with a 80 damper 17 for Aregulating the amount of hot gases which pass upwardly through the bottom member of the press and out through the bypass.

The bottom member of the press, as shown in Fig. 1, is supported from the top of the boiler and comprises an outer casing 18 carrying at its upper end the plate 19 which in `turn supports the perforated plate 20 which, is spaced above the plate 19 a suicient distance to permit the 90 steam entering through the pipe 11 to distribute in the space between the two plates and pass upwardly through the periorated'plates and the cloth 21 thereon into the fabric or garment being pressed.

Below the hot plate 19 and Within the casing 18 is a distributing member for the hot combustion gases so that these gases, rising through the iiue 15, will pass through the distributing member and serve to heat the bottom of the press.

`The distributing member 22 is in the form of a casing having a central partition or dividing plate 23 extending from one end to near the other end of the casing. The space 24 of onev side of this central partition is connected with 105 the ilue 15 at one end, by the connection 28.

At its other end ity connects with the compartment 26, located on the other side of the central partition, and having bafIles 27 therein to retard the passageof the gases therethrough and to se- 110 cure a more uniform distribution of these gases. The outlet 29 from the larger end of the compartment 26 is through a perforated plate and the gases are discharged either into the room or to a flue (not shown). The compartment 24 has a perforated top, with perforations which may vary in number and size to permit more or less of the hot gases to pass upwardly therethrough and then along the space above the perforated partition and then into the compartment 26 around the end of the partition 23.

The construction and arrangement of the distributing member is such as to effect a more or less uniform heating of the hot plate 19 even though the gases entering the compartment 24 are hotter than those leaving the compartment 26. That is, only part of the hot gases passing through the compartment 24 pass upwardly through the perforated top into the space above this compartment while the rest of the hot gases pass through the compartment V24 beneath the perforated top and enter the compartment 26 where they pass around the baffles in the manner illustrated. The result is a sufficiently uniform heating of the hot plate 19 by the hot gases from the boiler before these gases escape into the room or into the ue.

The heating of the bottom plate of the press in this way has important advantages in utilizing the heat that would otherwise be lost of the hot waste gases from the boiler without overheating the bottom plate of the press. The amount of steam required for the operation of the p ress is materially reduced, with resulting fuel economy, since the steam is only required to heat part of the press, and the hot waste gases supply part of the heat in an advantageous manner.

After steam has been introduced into the bottom head of the press to steam the fabric or garment thereon it is customary to dry the garment or fabric, after pressing, `by applying a vacuum to the bottom member of the press. Such an arrangement for producing a vacuum is illustrated diagrammatically in Fig. 1 in the form of a branch pipe 30 having valve 31 and leading to the injector 32 which discharges into the pipe 34 leading outside the building. The injector is also connected to the pipe 33 with the upper portion of the pipe 11 connected with the` space beneath the press cloth. When the valve 35 in the pipe 11 is closed, and the valve 31 in the branch pipe 30 and the valve in the pipe 33 are opened, the steam from the boiler will pass tothe injector or ejector 32 and pull a vacuum beneath the press cloth and garment or fabric, pulling steam from the space beneath the upper plate 1 of the bottom head and drawing air in through the garment and press cloth to dry the garment. This drying of the garment or fabric cools the bottom head of the press, and, if it were not for the gas heater member arranged in the bottom head, an increased amount of steam would be subsequently required when steam is next applied to the bottom head to steam the fabric or garment. But the arrangement of the heating device, heated by the hot combustion gases, in the bottom head, supplies heat continually and `keeps the bottom head heated so that, when steam is subsequently applied to the bottom head for steaming the fabric or garment, a much less amount of steam is required.

In Fig. 4 a similar construction is shown to thatV of Fig. 1 except for the location of the boiler which, in this case, is shown located in the basement of the building while the press itself is on the floor above. In this case, the connecting pipes for the steam and the hot gases will be heavily insulated to reduce heat losses. `It will be evident, however, that different arrangements and locations can be used for the press and boiler provided the arrangement is such that both the steam and the hot waste gases from the boiler are employed for heating the press in a manner such as that above described.

In theoperation of the press, as shown, the starting of the boiler, by lighting the burner, will heat the water rto generate steam, and the hot` combustion gases from the boiler will at the same time be available for heating the bottom member of the press so that, when steam is generated for operating the head or top member of the press, the bottom member will already be heated, and the press can thereafter be operated with less steam consumption for heating it, and accordingly with less fuel consumption. Steam from the boiler can be admitted to the head or top member of the press by regulating valve 100, through the connections 9 and 10, and steam can also be admitted through the pipe 11 to they bottom plate of the press for steaming the garment or fabric from below. After the fabric is steamed and pressed, a vacuum is applied, in the manner above described, to dry the fabric or garment, but the bottom head of the press will be heated during this drying operation so that less steam will be subsequently required when the next garment or fabric is to be steamed and pressed.

While I have villustrated the casing 22 as a unitary casing, it will be evident that this casing can be built up in sections and connected together, or may have removable side or top members (not shown) to permit access thereto for cleaning when desired. Accordingly, if smoke or dust from the combustion gases forms a deposit on the walls of the casing, access can be` had to the casing either through the removable top or sides to permit cleaning of any such deposit.

The hot gases from the boiler, passing through the casing 22 will enter the casing at a much higher temperature than that of the steam, but these gases will not come into direct contact with the upper plate of the bottom head of the press, being separated therefrom by the narrow steam space. Accordingly, the high temperature of these gases will not overheat or burn the garment or fabric being pressed, but they will nevertheless keep the bottom member of the press heated to a high temperature so that much less steam will be required for steaming the fabric throughfthe bottom head.

It will be understood that variations and modications can be made in the details of construction of the press, and in the relative proportions and arrangements of parts, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A tailors press having a steam boiler connected therewith for supplying steam thereto, said press having a bottom member connected with theflues from the boiler to permit circulation of the hot gases from the boiler therethrough to effect heating of the bottom member of the press, and having steam connections from the boiler to both the top and bottom members of the press.

2. A tailors press having a boiler for supplying steam thereto and having top and bottom members of the press to which the steam is supplied, the bottom member having a perforated upper plate and an imperforate lower plate forming between them a narrow steam space to which steam is supplied, and said bottom member having connections with the combustion chamber of the boiler arranged to permit circulation of the hot gases from the boiler beneath said imperforate lower plate to heat the same.

3. A tailors press having a boiler for supplying steam thereto, and having a lower stationary head and an upper movable head to both of which the steam is supplied, said bottom member having a perforated upper plate and an imperforate lower plate forming between them a narrow steam space to which steam is supplied from the boiler, and said bottom member having a distributing member for the hot gases from the boiler to distribute these gases so as to eiect more or less uniform heating of the bottom member by the hot waste gases from the boiler.

4. A tailors press having a steam boiler connected therewith for supplying steam thereto and having top and bottom press members, means for supplying steam from said boiler to the press to permit steaming of fabrics being pressed therewith, means for producing a vacuum on the fabric in the press to remove steam therefrom after pressing, and the bottom member of the press being connected with the boiler to permit products of combustion from the boiler to heat the bottom member.

5. A tailors press having a steam boiler connected therewith for supplying steam thereto, said press having upper and lower head members and the boiler being connected with the press to supply steam to the press and through a perforated pressing plate to the fabric being pressed, a steam ejector connected with the press to produce a vacuum and withdraw steam from the fabric after pressing, and ilues connecting the boiler with the lower head for supplying products of combustion to the lower head to heat the same.

6. A tailors press having a steam boiler connected therewith for suplying steam thereto, said press having both upper and lower press members to which steam is supplied, the lower press member having an upper perforated press plate and a lower imperforate plate forming between them a narrow steam space to which steam is supplied and from which steam passes through the perforated upper plate to the fabric being pressed, a chamber in the bottom head beneath said imperforate plate, and connections from said chamber to the boiler to permit products of combustion from the boiler to pass through said space to heat said imperforate lower plate without admixture of such products of combustion with the steam in said steam space above said imperforate plate.

GEORGE PERE.

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